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Offline Sirminty

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Paint. Where!!!
« on: 12 January 2010, 13:36 »
Hi folks, not sure if this is in the correct place, if not sorry!
I've recently brought my gti and have been sorting out some minor rust bubbling but now and in a bit of a bind as to where is best to get some shaky cans from :smiley: or is it worth taking to a garage. :huh:
Any help would be greatly apprciated ans my target of on the road looking as she should by the first is looming closer
Cheers in advance
Miky
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Offline gm8

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Re: Paint. Where!!!
« Reply #1 on: 12 January 2010, 14:05 »
halfrauds will mix you paint , they actually match it quite well  , your looking at about £15 per rattle can.
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Offline LazyLunatic

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Re: Paint. Where!!!
« Reply #2 on: 12 January 2010, 14:38 »
Quote from: gm8 on 12 January 2010, 14:05
halfrauds will mix you paint , they actually match it quite well  , your looking at about £15 per rattle can.

+1 or you sometimes get it from the dealer, not too sure how much it is, think its £20 for a small spray can of paint and a small spray can of laquer..... but not too sure on price. might be worth a try.

although tbh, go halfords lol.
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Offline axewielder

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Re: Paint. Where!!!
« Reply #3 on: 12 January 2010, 16:19 »
ive heard loadsa bad things about halfords own mixes, something about untrained monkeys? theyre premixed ones should be alright but i wouldnt trust them to mix up some in house, i got some excellent match spray cans from an online site i was recomended, they are up north somewhere+ are cheaper than halfords, will try + find theyre name later
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Offline gm8

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Re: Paint. Where!!!
« Reply #4 on: 12 January 2010, 18:06 »
Quote from: axewielder on 12 January 2010, 16:19
ive heard loadsa bad things about halfords own mixes, something about untrained monkeys? theyre premixed ones should be alright but i wouldnt trust them to mix up some in house, i got some excellent match spray cans from an online site i was recomended, they are up north somewhere+ are cheaper than halfords, will try + find theyre name later

iva had lots of mixed on site , including black magic metallic , which was an excellent match
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Offline Sirminty

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Re: Paint. Where!!!
« Reply #5 on: 12 January 2010, 18:23 »
cheers folks,
I will take a trip to halfrauds tommorrow and see what they've got. suppose if its a poor match it can always come off again :grin:
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Offline harlemex

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Re: Paint. Where!!!
« Reply #6 on: 12 January 2010, 23:16 »
I had mystic blue pearl mixed, the match was perfect.
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Offline Sirminty

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Re: Paint. Where!!!
« Reply #7 on: 13 January 2010, 22:21 »
Ahhhhhhhhh!! :angry:
halfrauds reckon they do my colour  (lc9z) of the shelf, no nead to mix???
is this right?? :sad:
i want it right but am still working on a budget,
what to do????
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Offline av_golf

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Re: Paint. Where!!!
« Reply #8 on: 14 January 2010, 00:52 »
no, they have to mix that one mate. i went in a couple times to get that colour mixed, and yea its a good match.
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Offline popleyruss

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Re: Paint. Where!!!
« Reply #9 on: 14 January 2010, 13:25 »
ive had a few mixed up aswell and never had any problems
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